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Prime Minister's Office
Under Rozgar Mela, PM to distribute about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in Government departments and organisations on 16th May
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will distribute about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits on 16th May, 2023 at 10:30 AM via video conferencing. Prime Minister will also address these appointees on the occasion.
The Rozgar Mela will be held at 45 locations across the country. The recruitments are taking place across Central Government Departments as well as State Governments/UTs supporting this initiative. The new recruits, selected from across the country, will join various positions/posts like Gramin Dak Sevaks, Inspector of Posts, Commercial-cum-Ticket Clerk, Junior clerk-cum-Typist, Junior Accounts Clerk, Track Maintainer, Assistant Section Officer, Lower Division Clerk, Sub Divisional Officer, Tax Assistants, Assistant Enforcement Officer, Inspectors, Nursing Officers, Assistant Security Officers, Fireman, Assistant Accounts officer, Assistant Audit officer, Divisional Accountant, Auditor, Constable, Head Constable, Assistant Commandant, Principal, Trained Graduate Teacher, Assistant Registrar, Assistant Professor, among others.
The Rozgar Mela is a step towards fulfilment of the commitment of the Prime Minister to accord highest priority to employment generation. The Rozgar Mela is expected to act as a catalyst in further employment generation and provide meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment and participation in national development.
The newly inducted appointees will also get an opportunity to train themselves through Karmayogi Prarambh, which is an online orientation course for all new appointees in various Government departments.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Special packages to Assam
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  provides funds to the State of Assam under special development packages for Bodoland Territorial Council , Dima Hasao Autonomous Territorial Council  and Karbi Anglong Autonomous Territorial Council . Under BTC package of Rs.750.00 crore, 65 projects costing Rs.749.64 crore have been sanctioned against which, amount of Rs.711.19 crore has been released. Under KAATC package of Rs.350.00 crore, 20 projects costing Rs.187.28 crore have been sanctioned and Rs.95.71 crore has been released. Under special development package of Rs.200.00 crore for DHATC, 10 projects costing Rs.121.39 crore have been sanctioned and Rs.73.80 crore has been released.
The details of funds released by MDoNER to Government of Assam under the special development packages are as under:-

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Package
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Funds released
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Since inception upto 2014
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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Total
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BTC
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573.61
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30.27
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30.00
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50.00
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23.46
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0.00
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3.85
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711.19
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KAATC
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1.72
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10.51
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5.15
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3.44
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0.00
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39.62
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35.27
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95.71
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DHATC
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0.00
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0.00
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37.24
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0.08
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23.37
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12.00
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1.11
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73.80
The details of projects sanctioned under special development packages, till date are as under:-
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S. No.
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Package
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Projects sanctioned
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No.
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Cost

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i.
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BTC
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65
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749.64
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ii.
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DHATC
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10
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121.39
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iii.
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KAATC
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20
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187.27
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM shares Lopoli Melo's article 'A day in the Parliament and PMO'
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared an article titled 'A day in the Parliament and PMO'
by Lopoli Melo from Arunachal Pradesh. Shri Modi has also lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla for taking such an initiative which gave him the opportunity to meet bright youngsters.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"You will enjoy reading this very personal account of Lopoli Melo from Arunachal Pradesh. I would like to laud Speaker Om Birla Ji for taking the lead for such an initiative which also gave me the opportunity to meet bright youngsters."
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Vice President calls for Constitutional Governance
Union Government driven by the concept of “Whole of Government” approach, says Dr Jitendra Singh
The Foundation Day of the Indian Institute of public Administration  was commemorated today with the 2nd Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture delivered by the Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar and Special Address by the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the National Chairman of IIPA.
While the Vice President Shri Dhanker in his address emphasised the concept of "Constitutional Governance", Dr Jitendra Singh called for a "Whole of Govt" approach.
The Vice President said, Constitutional Governance is about achieving the dynamic equilibrium in the healthy interplay among the three organs of the state. He said, Governance is a dynamic concept and Public administrators have to remain in tune with the changing expectations and requirements of citizens.
Shri Dhankhar reminded that the next 25 years are going to be crucial for the country. The civil servants who are joining today, will be the 'Warriors of 2047', he said.
In his address, Dr Jitendra Singh said the Union Government is driven by the concept of “Whole of Government” approach in matters of public administration. Soon after Shri Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister, one of the earliest mantras that he gave us was “Maximum Governance, Minimum Government”, he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh said the maxim of “Maximum Governance, Minimum Government” implies this is a government which acts as a Facilitator, but not as an Intimidator. The prerequisites for this are  Transparency,  Citizen Centricity, viz participation, &  Accountability.
“And I am glad to say in the last nine years several such measures have been adopted to achieve some of these objectives,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the Chairman of the IIPA Executive Council, said towards this end, the Central Government today is almost all online and there is e-based functioning with very little human interface. He said, all government services are online and there is a vibrant CPGRAMS portal.
“The number of grievances has jumped from 2 lakhs in 2014 to 20 lakhs annually and grievance redressal has crossed 1 lakh per month,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh said PM Modi has for the first time involved the citizens as instruments of governance.
Dr Jitendra Singh noted with satisfaction that the IIPA courses have undergone changes and new areas like Atmanirbhar Bharat and Mission Karmayogi apart from other important government initiatives have been covered. He said, this makes the course more relevant and useful and it has given a good exposure to rural and urban development schemes. It has helped the officers in better understanding and appreciation of various socio-economic schemes, the Minister added.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
A.M. Naik appointed as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation
Shri A.M. Naik has been appointed as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation  by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Currently Shri Naik is the Group Chairman of India's biggest engineering and construction conglomerate – Larsen & Toubro Limited . He is one of the most respected management professionals in the country. His years of successful stewardship have resulted in building L&T as one of the strongest global businesses.
Making the announcement, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that Shri Naik epitomizes core values of a successful leader - strength, innovation, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight – values that are imperative to the success of any development initiative in today's economy. His standing in the community of industrial leaders will strongly enhance the industry connect. His vast experience will take NSDC to greater heights. Shri Pradhan said "I am confident that this organization under his leadership, apart from its engagement in executing skilling modules, should also be a think tank providing direction and necessary guidance for creating a demand based skilling ecosystem in the country.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. A.M. Naik said, “NSDC has developed a unique model combining skill development with strong industry partnerships. I am pleased at this opportunity to contribute towards our common vision of a high skill, high value added economy that offers opportunity to all.”
The appointment of Mr. Naik as Chairman of NSDC underscores the importance attached by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi to skill development. As the Prime Minister has repeatedly stressed ‘skilling brings a sense of self confidence to the poor. Matching job creation with industry demand is the key to end unemployment. It is envisaged that in the future, India will be the biggest supplier of workforce to the world.’
Shri Naik was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's 3rd highest civilian award in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the economic growth of the country.
NSDC is a unique public-private-partnership, working under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. NSDC aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. The organisation provides funding to build scalable and profitable vocational training initiatives. It also develops appropriate models to enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives. NSDC supports short-term skill training through a wide network of training providers and district nodal skill centres called Pradhan MantriKaushal Kendra . Besides, the organisation is involved in re-skilling and also in catering to the skilled manpower requirement of overseas markets, most notably that of Japan  and UAE.
Prime Minister's Office
PM acknowledges the advantages of increased usage of technology, cleanliness and better usage of space
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has acknowledged advantages of increased usage of technology, cleanliness and better usage of space.
In a tweet, Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju informed about the resulting cleanliness, more space due digitization of records in the Ministry.
Responding to the tweet of Union Minister of Law and Justice, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Wonderful! Such efforts have the advantages of increased usage of technology, cleanliness and better usage of space.”
Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR-CMERI Transfers Technology Related to High Flow Rate Fluoride & Iron Removal through virtual Platform
Kolkata, October 8, 2020
The technology developed by CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur related to High Flow Rate Fluoride & Iron Removal technology was transferred today to M/s Capricans Aqua Private Limited, Howrah, West Bengal, a start-up organisation dealing with water. The Technology Transfer took place over a Virtual Platform in the presence of Prof.  Harish Hirani, the Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur.
While transferring the technology, Prof.  Hirani, stated, “This Community Level Water Purification System has a Flow-Rate capacity of 10,000 Ltr/hr and uses commonly available raw materials such as sand, gravel and adsorbent materials. It comprises a three-stage purification process which purifies water within permissible limits . The technology uses a combination of oxidation, gravitational settling and chemi-sorption process within an affordable package. The integrated backwashing profile of the technology will help in improving the shelf-life of the filtration media in a resource rationalised manner.”
Dr. Hirani also pointed out that, as per the available statistics the number of Fluoride affected individuals are continuously increasing in a contaminated habitat in the last 50 years. This has been happening in consonance with the disproportional depletion of the water table, which has led to multiplication of the level of concentration of Fluoride in the particular region. Owing to the inaccessibility to affordable Fluoride removal solutions for the drastically affected sections of the country, the Fluorosis affected statistics has also witnessed an upward trajectory. Besides, the technology is also a major thrust towards the Atma Nirbhar Bharat campaign. Proliferation of this technology will also help in catalysing employment generation opportunities also for the youths of the nation, he clarified. The strategic deployment of this community level system at affected places can help to turn the tide against the menace of Iron and Fluorosis across the nation, Prof.  Hirani stated.
Shri Sanjay Dutta, the Director, Capricans Aqua Private Limited, on the occasion was hopeful enough to quip that the CSIR-CMERI Water Technologies have provided an affordable and cost-effective solution for serving the most vulnerable sections of the country. The results generated after deployment of the CSIR-CMERI water technologies will be immense, he added.
Capricans now intends to deploy the CMERI Water technologies in the Fluoride and Iron affected regions of the States of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
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Scientific Research in Ayush for Covid-19 Treatment
Ministry of AYUSH has formed an Inter-disciplinary AYUSH R&D Task Force chaired by Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan and having representation from scientists including ICMR, DBT, CSIR, AIIMS and AYUSH Institutions. The Inter disciplinary AYUSH Research and Development Task Force has formulated and designed clinical research protocols for prophylactic studies and add-on interventions in COVID-19 positive cases through a thorough review and consultative process of experts of high repute from different organizations across the country for studying four different interventions viz. Ashwagandha, Yashtimadhu, Guduchi + Pippali and a poly herbal formulation .The Task Force have taken up the proposals received from Screening Committees of Councils and proactively explored possibilities based on available leads. Ministry of AYUSH has constituted core group of experts under the Chairmanship of Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan to identify and propose formulations on COVID-19 which are in line with Classical Ayurveda principles and have substantial leads on COVID-19 viz. one for prophylaxis as immunomodulatory, another for management of COVID-19 with antiviral properties and one product for post COVID-19 care.
Ministry of AYUSH has launched inter disciplinary studies involving AYUSH interventions for COVID-19 based on recommendations of Task force. Under various research organizations and National Institutes under Ministry of AYUSH, 120 research studies at 141 centres in the country are being conducted on AYUSH interventions as prophylactic interventions. Details of the studies are as follows –
Number of COVID-19 related studies –
- Prophylactic studies – 42
- Interventional studies - 38
- Observational studies – 09
- Pre-clinical/experimental studies – 22 
- Other studies – 09 
- Study Sites – Approx. 141 
- Studies Completed – 79
AYUSH System-wise –
- Ayurveda - 61
- Homeopathy – 26
- Siddha – 12
All India Institute of Ayurveda , New Delhi is identified as the Dedicated Corvid Health Center where till 435 patients were treated and 411 patients completed the treatment. Intervention was as per the AYUSH guidelines for management of COVID- 19 mild to moderate cases.
62 patients  enrolled at Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbiya College, Karol Bagh.
The study reflected significant decrease in COVID -19 deaths in add on homoeopathy group as compared to standard of care. In adjuvant homoeopathy arm in 04 trials, total 543 patients treated with adjuvant homoeopathy, 536 patients recovered & discharged.
The Additional Charge of Minister of State of the AYUSH Ministry, Sh. Kiren Rijiju stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM expresses pain over the loss of lives due to fire in Mumbai
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed pain over the loss of lives due to the fire in Mumbai.
“Anguished by the fire in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. I pray that those injured recover quickly”, the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot Awards Certificates to Interns of Internship Programme on Community Service
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment awarded certificates to the Intern students of “Internship Programme on Community Service” at its culmination function organized by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation here today. Smt. Neelam Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, senior officials of the Ministry and youth entrepreneur, Ms. Annu Meena were present on the occasion.
Addressing on the occasion, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot said that the internship programme is a very useful and praiseworthy initiative as it will sensitize the students about national integrity, affection towards the nation and is deciding their role in social and economic development of the country.
An internship programme for the students of some reputed institutions from Delhi and NCR was organized in Dr. Ambedkar International Centre from 17-31 December, 2018. In all, 114 students have participated in this programme out of which 73 are from General category, 20 from Other Backward Classes, 14 form Scheduled Caste, 6 from Scheduled Tribes and 4 students are Divyaangs. The purpose of internship programme was to sensitize the students about national integrity, fraternity, affection towards the nation, deciding their role in social and economic development and to get inspiration from on-going constructive work in society.
The Internship programme was greatly enriched by generous association with very distinguished and senior civil servants, civil society leaders, eminent academicians and others. Many officers from different departments of the Government of India and intellectuals from many institutions delivered lectures in the training programme on subjects like ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, Indian Constitution, Development from village to society and community services.
Ministry of Finance
CBIC launches Compliance Information Portal 
CIP provides free access to information on all Customs procedures and regulatory compliance for nearly 12,000 Customs Tariff Items
The Central Board for Indirect Taxes & Customs  here today launched the Indian Customs Compliance Information Portal  at www.cip.icegate.gov.in/CIP for providing free access to information on all Customs procedures and regulatory compliance for nearly 12,000 Customs Tariff Items.
CIP is yet another facilitation tool developed by CBIC to empower our business as well as any interested person with up-to-date information on the legal and procedural requirements of Customs and Partner Government Agencies  for carrying out imports and exports. The portal would provide at the click of a button complete knowledge of all import and export related requirements for all items covered under the Customs Tariff thereby improving the ease of doing cross border trade.
For using CIP, one can simply enter either the Customs Tariff Heading  or the description of the goods in question to get information to step-by-step procedures, regulatory compliances requirements like License, Certificates, etc., for imports as well as exports. This includes import and export through posts and courier, import of samples, reimport and reexport of goods, self-sealing facility for exporters and project imports.
Another important feature of CIP is a pan India map showing all the Customs seaports, airports, land customs stations etc. It also contains addresses of the regulatory agencies and their websites.
Ministry of Defence
CURTAIN RAISER INDIAN ARMY TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTI-LATERAL EXERCISE ZAPAD 2021 IN RUSSIA
A 200 personnel contingent of Indian Army will participate in Exercise ZAPAD 2021, a Multi Nation exercise being held at Nizhniy, Russia from 03 to 16 September 2021.
ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre level exercises of Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. Over a dozen countries from Eurasian and South Asian Region will participate in this signature event.
The NAGA Battalion group participating in the exercise will feature an all Arms combined task force. The exercise aims to enhance military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations while they plan & execute this exercise.
The Indian Contingent has been put through a strenuous training schedule which encompasses all facets of conventional operations including mechanised, airborne & heliborne, counter terrorism, combat conditioning and firing.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Cyclone Vayu – Ministry of Home Affairs issues detailed advisory to Gujarat and Diu
Following the High Level Review meeting taken by Union Home Minister on Cyclone ‘Vayu’, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued detailed advisories to the State of Gujarat and UT of Diu requesting them to take all precautionary measures with a view to ensure that no human life is lost, damage to vital infrastructure is minimized and to ensure early recovery of all essential services post-cyclone landfall. State/UT Governments have also been advised for timely evacuation of people from low-lying coastal and vulnerable areas.
Gujarat and Diu Administration have planned to evacuate about 3 lakh people from the identified vulnerable areas starting early morning of 12th June, 2019. The evacuated people will be shifted to around 700 cyclone/relief shelters. In consultation with State Administration, 39 NDRF Teams are being pre-positioned in and Diu for helping the State/UT Administration in evacuation, search, rescue and relief operations. In addition, 34 teams of Army are also put on stand-by.
Union Home Minister is regularly reviewing the situation and Union Home Secretary will take a review meeting on 12th June with the Central Ministries/Agencies and Chief Secretary/Adviser of Gujarat and Diu.